The National Network for Children Bulgaria shared an article about sexual violence in Bulgaria, the victims' inability to be heard, and the poor or non-existent sex education in the country. The article notes that in 2019, official statistics from...

The Bulgarian National Television news report on SOS Children's Villages’ ‘Firefly - Illuminate the Darkness’ Project draws attention to how foster parents, social workers, psychologists and specialists working with children are trained to protect...

On Monday, June 26, the Rugby Borough Council rendered a positive decision that requires the borough's taxi services to complete training provided by Barnado’s on child grooming, in order to identify red-flags of potential cases of child grooming...

ATTENTION: EUROPOL NEEDS YOUR HELP
In this interesting Europol piece, readers will note the innovative and analytical techniques utilized in contemporary law enforcement practices and as well the importance of brands and logos, as clues in...

The Telegraph reports that many online sex crimes against children, including rape, are not recorded by Scottish police. The report found that although social media sites are one of the key vehicles used by sex criminals to groom children, with 11.4...

International Platform against child sex tourism enables individuals to report suspected cases of child sexual exploitation even if they are abroad through providing links to existing national online reporting mechanisms. Where no national reporting...

The Bristol Post reports that the Bristol Safeguarding Children Board is launching a new board strategy following a recent trail 13 men were sentenced for sexual exploitation of seven young girls between the ages of 13 and 17. A week-long conference...

The Oxford Mail reports that Oxfordshire authorities have been praised in a new Government report for their efforts to combat child exploitation following the Bullfinch child abuse scandal, in which seven men groomed, abused, and prostituted six...

ITV News discusses a confidential West Midlands police report, which revealed that 17 children's homes in Birmingham were at risk for targetting by predators for sexual exploitation. The report disclosed that over 700 potential victims had been...

RTE News reports that Irish government will not oppose the Criminal Law (Child Grooming) Bill, which will make it an offence punishable up to 14 years in prison to groom a child for the purposes of sexual exploitation. The new bill covers actions...